Matron Knows Best
The True Story of a 1960s NHS Nurse
$59.09
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
9 August 2011
Summary
Joan Woodcock always dreamed of becoming a nurse. And in 1966 the dream came true. From her very first day as a naive sixteen-year-old cadet, standing nervously outside Matron’s office, this is Joan’s story of an eventful career spanning forty years in the NHS.
Working on hospital wards, casualty units and out in the community, as well as stints in a prison and a police unit dealing with sexual assault, Joan has seen it all. In this moving memoir she gives an honest, revealing ac…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780755361502 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0755361504 |
| Author: | Joan Woodcock |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Review |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 9 August 2011 |
| Weight: | 276g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 132mm x 199mm |
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Critics Review
‘One can’t help but think that the NHS would run a whole lot better if Joan Woodcock was in charge.’
‘Joan has seen it all, and she tells it with compassionate insight and a sense of humour.’ * Choice *
‘An unforgettable and extremely satisfying read.’ * Good Book Guide *
‘One can’t help but think that the NHS would run a whole lot better if Joan Woodcock was in charge.’ * Scottish Daily Record *
Joan Woodcock
Joan Woodcock was born and brought up in Lancashire, to working class parents. Hospitalisation at the young age of four inspired her to become a nurse, and at sixteen she started as a cadet nurse, before beginning formal nurse training two years later under the traditional matron system. Despite the strict discipline and harsh training regime, Joan qualified as a State Registered Nurse in 1971. Her career spanned forty-one years, and included positions in hospital casualty departments, GP practices, the prison service, Marie Curie cancer care homes and in a Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Centre. Joan took early retirement in 2008 to spend more time with her family.
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